Market

Li Shiming's figure raced along at high speed, cyan light flickering over his legs.

Though he could be considered a cultivator now, neither the Spring Breeze Transforming Rain Art, the Geng Metal Art, nor the Earth Spirit Art gave him this sensation of his body far surpassing an ordinary person's.

After using the Low-Grade Body Lightening Talisman, his traveling speed was like a car from his Previous Life.

The problem was that even if he manufactured a car, on this kind of rugged road with no flat pavement, it still could not reach the speed of the Low-Grade Body Lightening Talisman.

His feet tapped lightly against the ground, and his body drifted forward. Under the effect of the Low-Grade Body Lightening Talisman, every step felt as if the air were supporting him as he sprinted.

A drop of ten meters was something he could leap across with ease. Even rivers that were not too wide could be crossed by using his momentum to tread several times on the water's surface.

The distance of twenty li was reached very quickly.

At this moment, Li Shiming looked nothing like he usually did. Even if his father, Li Wenyuan, and Si Qin, who knew him best, were here, they would not have been able to recognize him.

He wore a black robe with a hood, and an all-black mask covered his face.

These were not the most important parts of his disguise. His build was also vastly different from before.

Using soft materials and the micron-level control of his consciousness inside the Server Room Space, he had pressed out disguise items.

Inside the boots on his feet were lifts that added a full five centimeters to his heels. His shoulders had pads that broadened them, while his chest and back had pads that simulated muscle. With this whole set, he had become a truly burly man.

His face was covered with a material made through chemical means, changing the shape of his face, and then he used foundation to smooth over the traces.

Li Shiming did not know whether this world had methods of disguise, but the makeup techniques of his Previous Life probably were not much different from disguise arts. Both could make a person look completely different.

He had no choice but to be careful. This time, he was heading to the Market and coming into contact with other cultivators.

He did not want cultivators to learn his background because of his own carelessness and then find him.

Li Shiming came to a stop, the cyan light on his legs remaining. One Low-Grade Body Lightening Talisman could last for two hours.

"This is the place!" Comparing the terrain before him with the map Gu Jia had given him, he knew he had found the right place.

This place looked completely empty. It was just a mountain wall. Even when he reached out and touched it, the sensation in his hand was that of a stone wall.

Once again, he witnessed the marvels of cultivators. Mortals, and even cultivators who did not know what was going on, would be unable to discover the existence of the Market even if they stood right in front of it.

Of course, Li Shiming was only at the Qi Refining Second Level. He was viewing things from the perspective of the Qi Refining Second Level.

He mobilized the spiritual power in his body, and his finger drew out a special Rune Pattern.

The moment the spiritual power Rune Pattern appeared in the void, the stone wall before him rippled, and an opening that allowed one person to enter appeared.

Without hesitation, he stepped into the opening. Looking back, he discovered that the scenery outside could be seen from within.

Li Shiming did not observe too much either. He needed to do his best to appear like an old hand, not a complete newbie.

After seeing the Market, he was very disappointed.

Although the method of entering this place was very wondrous, the inside was not as lively as he had imagined, and there was even less of a so-called Immortal Family Atmosphere.

The entire Market could be seen in full with a single glance. It was just a small road roughly a little over a hundred meters long.

Beside the small road, at intervals of several meters or so, there was a small stall. Whether he had come early or the Market simply did not have many stalls to begin with, there were only a dozen or so stalls here.

There were a dozen or so cultivators walking between the stalls, not much different from the number of stalls.

Several of these cultivators had also hidden their faces, and even among the stall owners, a few had hidden faces as well.

The stalls with hidden faces were simply a cloth spread directly on the ground, while those that did not hide their faces at least had a table on which their goods were displayed.

According to Gu Jia's introduction, if one had extra resources, one could sell them to the stall owners here, or find an empty place to sell them oneself.

However, if one set up a stall to sell here, ten percent of the income had to be handed over. Most of the time, it was actually better to sell directly to the stall owners here.

Li Shiming circulated the Aura Concealing Art to its limit, hiding the fluctuations of the Spiritual Qi Vortex inside his body.

Walking up to the first stall, he lowered his head and looked at the items on the wooden table.

The most eye-catching thing on the wooden table was an upright sign. On it was written the character "Hao," and beside it was a rune pattern.

The items sold here were all related to talismans.

Talisman Paper, Talisman Ink, and a Talisman Brush. There was only one kind of Talisman Paper, and the sheets with cyan-yellow surfaces were bundled in stacks of one hundred.

There were three Talisman Brushes. Complex Rune Patterns were carved on the handles, and faint Spiritual Power Fluctuations clung to the brush hairs.

There was the most Talisman Ink, because each kind of talisman required different Talisman Ink.

Li Shiming had read about this in Rune Inception. If he had the materials, he could even prepare this kind of Talisman Ink himself.

Besides that, there were some finished talismans, but only one of each kind was displayed.

Li Shiming saw the Low-Grade Body Lightening Talisman, the Low-Grade Fireball Talisman, the Low-Grade Ice Arrow Talisman, and the Low-Grade Earth Armor Talisman. These were ones he possessed and recognized. There were several others he had never seen before and could not identify.

The stall owner was an old man. His eyes were slightly narrowed, as if he had fallen asleep, and he paid no attention to Li Shiming standing in front of the stall.

Li Shiming had a need for Talisman Paper, a Talisman Brush, and Talisman Ink. With these three things, he could try drawing talismans himself.

However, he did not buy them immediately. Even if he purchased Talisman Paper, Talisman Ink, and a Talisman Brush now, he could only try drawing one kind of talisman, the Low-Grade Geng Metal Talisman.

That was because the most basic requirement for drawing talismans was that they had to be drawn according to the spells the talisman crafter himself had mastered.

He also needed to look around the Market more. He did not understand the purchasing power of Spirit Stones, nor did he know how many things the Spirit Stones in his hand could buy. Only after walking through the entire Market first could he decide what he absolutely needed to purchase.

He walked toward the second stall. This was also a stall with a wooden table, and on the table was an identical sign with "Deng" written on it.

It seemed that Hao at the first stall and Deng at this second stall were just like the signboards of secular shops.

On the table here were five magical artifacts—swords and shields—and judging by their Spiritual Power Fluctuations, they were all Low Grade Magical Artifacts.

Li Shiming did not linger at this stall. He did not lack magical artifacts; what he lacked was the method to use them.

He did not dare ask here how to use magical artifacts. Wouldn't that be the same as telling the cultivators here that he was a rookie who did not even know how to use one?

The stall owner was a middle-aged man. His gaze swept across Li Shiming from time to time, but when he saw Li Shiming had no intention of buying, he said nothing.

Still, the stall owner's gaze made Li Shiming very uncomfortable. Fortunately, the man did not seem inclined to use any means to probe him.